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Release Date:
6 May 2005 (USA)
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Tagline:
Gejagt. Ermordet. Zur Schau gestellt. (Hunted.Murdered.Displayed.) more
Plot:
Six friends are stranded in a ghost town where a towering wax museum looms ahead. And inside are two brothers who have a special way of making the wax figures look real... full summary | full synopsis
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Wax
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Small Town
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Car Trouble
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Ghost Town
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Fight
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Awards:
4 wins
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7 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(93 articles)
The Sunday Movie Quiz – The Answers
(From HeyUGuys. 16 November 2009, 12:33 PM, PST)
"Museum" from Boxcar Theatre Opens at Sf's Wax Museum November 2
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 2 November 2009, 2:00 AM, PST)
(From HeyUGuys. 16 November 2009, 12:33 PM, PST)
"Museum" from Boxcar Theatre Opens at Sf's Wax Museum November 2
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 2 November 2009, 2:00 AM, PST)
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Surprisingly violent, and lots of fun.
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Elisha Cuthbert | ... | Carly Jones |
 | Chad Michael Murray | ... | Nick Jones |
 | Brian Van Holt | ... | Bo / Vincent |
 | Paris Hilton | ... | Paige Edwards |
 | Jared Padalecki | ... | Wade |
 | Jon Abrahams | ... | Dalton Chapman |
 | Robert Ri'chard | ... | Blake |
| Dragicia Debert | ... | Trudy Sinclair (as Dragitsa Debert) |
| Thomas Adamson | ... | Young Bo |
| Murray Smith | ... | Dr. Victor Sinclair |
| Sam Harkess | ... | Young Vincent |
 | Damon Herriman | ... | Roadkill Driver |
| Andy Anderson | ... | Sheriff |
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MPAA:
Rated R for horror violence, some sexual content and language.
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Runtime:
113 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Hong Kong:III (uncut) |
Portugal:M/16 |
Taiwan:R-18 |
Finland:K-18 (self applied) |
Philippines:R-13 (cut) |
France:-16 |
Malaysia:18SG |
Iceland:16 |
Canada:18A |
New Zealand:R16 |
Singapore:NC-16 (video rating) (cut) |
Netherlands:16 |
South Korea:18 |
Japan:R-15 |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:MA |
Brazil:18 |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) |
Czech Republic:12 |
Germany:18 |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Ireland:16 |
Norway:18 |
Singapore:R21 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
Chile:14 |
Germany:16 (cut) |
Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) (original rating) |
Canada:18A (Nova Scotia) (re-rating)
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Jared Padalecki is one foot taller than co-star Elisha Cuthbert. To make herself appear taller in scenes where she and Padalecki would be filmed together, Cuthbert taped two-inch blocks of wood to the bottoms of her boots. This was only done during scenes where they would be shot from the knee and up.
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Continuity: When Bo is talking to Carly through the truck window he is carrying a container of things, and at one point he throws all of the things on the ground. You can clearly see all of the items strewn across the ground. In the next wide shot, though, all of the items are missing and are never shown again.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
Trudy Sinclair: You are being such a good boy. Would you like some more cereal, sweetheart? Here you go.
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Trudy Sinclair: You are being such a good boy. Would you like some more cereal, sweetheart? Here you go.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Supernatural: Fallen Idols (#5.5)" (2009)
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Soundtrack:
Dirt
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FAQ
Does Paris Hilton's character die?Why did Bo have marks on his wrists? Wasn't it Vincent who was taped up?
Will there be a sequel ?
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While HOUSE OF WAX will never be mistaken for Texas CHAINSAW MASSACRE or HALLOWEEN, it does try and ultimately succeed in being a worthy addition to quality horror film making. There is enough tension and enough implied gore in here to please the young audience of today and there is also enough explicit gore to please some of the purists of yesterday. Overall, it is quite a well done film that should do okay on DVD.
Six kids on the way to a football game get stranded in a DELIVERANCE like setting and what ensues actually looks like it may have been taken out a discarded Deilverance sequel and the backwoods hicks seem to taunt the group. Eventually the group has to break up and half of them head into the desolate town to get some car parts. The other half of the group stays behind at camp and this sets up the second half of the film.
House of Wax has many strengths. The first is that it is blessed with a very likable cast. Paris Hilton is fine in her role but she is far from the focal point. Chad Michael Murray, Elisabeth Cuthbert and Brian Van Holt are three very charismatic actors and their presence in the film adds some panache, some credibility and some flair. I had never really heard of Chad Michael Murray, only that he was a pin-up type teen heartthrob. But he has a presence to him. He imbues an intangible to him that seems to translate into his performance. He is instantly likable and he possesses a strong character trait. I enjoyed his performance much more than I figured I would and when he was on screen, the film flowed.
The question now becomes, "Is this film a worthy horror film?" And the answer to that is a resounding YES. As I mentioned off the top, it is not in the same class a NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET or LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, or even THE RING, but it is relatively tense, quite graphic and there are some very inventive death scenes. This is not the HOUSE OF WAX that your parents told you about. Vincent Price is nowhere to be seen and when you start seeing fingers being cut off and hot wax covering comatose bodies, you realize this film is a little on the edge.
I'd like to see an uncut director's X rated version. I bet there is one out there somewhere that would be much more violent than this one. Be that as it may, this is a very good entry into the horror genre and it is heads and shoulders above weak films like I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER and DARK WATER and a few others. It is definitely worth a look.
8/10